Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

The clan had only decided to negotiate with the ever-expanding groups of vampires living out in the wild after many subtle hints on Parlax's part, and even then tempers were running high between the two groups. Lifetime, the first vampire that the other dragons managed to track down, was given a clan name to express the hope that the two groups would find a bond to connect them, something to synchronize their different views of life. As Lifetime proved to be quite a pleasant and agreeable dragon (outside of her nighttime hobbies), it was thought that things might not turn out so badly after all with time. Then she was assigned a shift to sit with the eggs and gleefully ate the first one given to her.

Needless to say, negotiations have been rather stiff between the two groups ever since.